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10 Language-to-English DictionariesViz
/vɪz/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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That is to say; namely; used to introduce clarification, specification, or a detailed listing of something previously mentioned.
"The committee decided to focus on three major issues, viz., funding, staffing, and scheduling."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived as a contraction of the Latin adverb 'videlicet', which is a compound of 'videre' (to see) and 'licet' (it is permitted). Entering Middle English and Early Modern English legal and scholarly writing, the abbreviation retained the 'z' historically used as a medieval scribal abbreviation symbol for '-et'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Viz" is said worldwide
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c'est-à-dire
Transliteration: say-ah-dee-reh
"Le projet comporte deux phases, c'est-à-dire la conception et la réalisation."
nämlich
Transliteration: naim-likh
"Wir haben ein großes Ziel, nämlich den Umweltschutz."
vale a dire
Transliteration: vah-leh ah dee-reh
"Ho trovato quello che cercavo, vale a dire il libro raro."
a saber
Transliteration: ah sah-behr
"Faltan dos miembros, a saber, Juan y Ana."
a saber
Transliteration: ah sah-behr
"Precisamos de duas coisas, a saber: tempo e dinheiro."
अर्थात
Transliteration: arthat
"इस कार्य के लिए एक ही व्यक्ति उपयुक्त है, अर्थात राहुल।"
即
Transliteration: jí
"会议讨论了一个核心问题，即预算分配。"
즉
Transliteration: jeuk
"우리에게는 목표가 하나 있습니다, 즉 성공입니다."
すなわち
Transliteration: sunawachi
"彼には唯一の欠点、すなわち短気があった。"
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